I was one of the few in the gallery last …

I was one of the few in the gallery last Monday night, and I felt the issue was discussed exhaustively.
To declare myself, I do not think a youth curfew would be a good idea in Alice simply because the destination is lacking.
Where would any offender be taken?
Who, other than the police, would be looking after them?
Once dropped off somewhere, what would keep them from walking straight back out into the night?
Under what authority would / could they be detained?
But I also did not hear a race card being played. A bit of a cheap shot, that one. As clearly stated in the motion, it would be a blanket curfew for all youth found on the streets between certain hours. There was no mention of race that I can recall before “race card” was used as an accusation against the movers and supporters of the motion.
As reported above, an interesting point was made by the Mayor when he noted that some would advocate a blanket curfew but not any of several blanket restrictions on alcohol discussed at different times by this council.
It was a good debate, and Alderman Taylor deserves credit for chairing a difficult, fractious committee meeting.

Recent Comments by Hal Duell

Help from fracking campaigner, or manipulating students?This is one of the best news stories that has popped up on my screen in a long time.
My advice to the students would be to maintain your sense of outrage and to question the motives of all who are trying to co-opt that outrage, whether they be the pollies telling you to stay in school or the choir-masters leading your chants.
And be assured of this: The world you will grow into will not be the same as the world into which you were born.
Turbo capitalism and the ongoing rape of our planet will see to that.

Liberals and Labor: Tweedledum and Tweedledee on Pine GapWith the current state of international affairs, laced as they are with loose bluster and rattle, including irresponsible nuclear chatter, the bullseye on Pine Gap becomes a thing of concern.
Let’s just hope if “they” do take it out, “they” use one of those low-yield, precision smart numbers and drop it on one of those golf balls.
But don’t knock Pine Gap. Ever wonder why Alice has, and will always have, a long strong airport runway?

Art gallery more than selling cappuccinos: Scott McConnellI think SA has the gallery. But I like the idea of enlarging the Indigenous art and cultural trail to link like stories from all areas.
I can easily see an eventual cultural centre here, maybe one structured on a revolving hub-and-spoke model.
Alice Springs would benefit more from a completed Outback Way, which would feed into a National Indigenous Cultural Centre, than it would from a gallery.